This week we have been in touch with [Will Pemble], Geek Dad. After a visit to Magic Mountain in early 2013, his son [Lyle] asked “Why don’t we build our own rollercoaster, Dad?” ...

This is great. What happens when you bet a group of friends they can’t build a roller coaster in their backyard for under $50? They build one. They built it almost entirely out of old forklift ...

The vintage carousel, 105-foot waterslide and go-kart track on Michael Chorba’s property were all fine, but his new roller coaster runs afoul of his Pennsylvania community’s zoning laws.

An curved arrow pointing right. In 2001, John Ivers of Bruceville, Indiana, built a makeshift roller coaster in his backyard. He named it Blue Flash. It even has a corkscrew. But the most ...